Nostromo Originally published in 1904, Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement. Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, the novel reveals the effects of unbridled greed and imperialist interests on many different lives. Although each character's potential ... more »

FOUR GIRLS TOUCHED BY SPECIAL GIFTS. FOUR STUNNING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS -- - TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME Cinnamon...She escaped her family's turmoil by dreaming of imaginary worlds. But it's her talent for the theater that gives Cinnamon a chance...to truly escape. Ice...To her mother's dismay ... more »

An immediate bestseller when it was first published in December 1843, A Christmas Carol has endured ever since as a perennial Yuletide favorite. Charles Dickens's beloved tale about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge--who comes to know the meaning of kindness, charity, and goodwill through a haunting Christmas ... more »

At once darkly comedic and moving, this witty exploration of female friendship, envy, and misguided ambition by the author of the number-one bestseller Drowning Ruth , deliciously satirizes the desire to shine in the world. In All is Vanity , Margaret and Letty, best friends since childhood and now living ... more »

From the Foreword : This is a book about unidentified flying objects--UFO's--flying saucers. It is actually more than a book; it is a report because it is the first time that anyone, either military or civilian, has brought together in one document all the facts about this fascinating subject. With the ... more »

'It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham,' wrote Gore Vidal. 'He was always so entirely there.' Originally published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man ... more »

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It's a universal problem. How does a guy get over a woman when all he wants to do is win her back?   This is the quandary that confronts Heath Ketchup whenever he tries to deal with his feelings regarding his ex-wife, Audrey, who just happens to be one of the biggest porn stars in the adult industry ... more »

Sons and Lovers is one of the landmark novels of the twentieth century. It was immediately recognized as the first great modern restatement of the oedipal drama when it appeared in 1913 and is widely considered the major work of D. H. Lawrence's early period. This intensely autobiographical novel recounts ... more »

Jamaica?   This isn't as odd as you might think if you know about the Animal Kingdom.   The term, Animal Kingdom , developed through the years because Freddy was burned by so many people that he adopted the outlook that one must be in survival mode at all times in order not to get hurt.   ... more »

Dr. Slickowsky, the pathologist at Somerset Medical Center, and Jenna Blake, his assistant, are horrified as Tim Parish, who was declared dead two days ago, starts screaming as the autopsy knife bores into him. The Boston Police could have busted a drug smuggling ring if it wasn't for a dead man who ... more »

TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Fort Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she abandons her holiday plans to chase down what could be the scoop of a lifetime. But in a town called ... more »